Meter connection and controlling means



I. w. CALHOUN.

' METER CONNECTION AND CONTROLLING MEANS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 3, 1919.

1,345,124; mmam zg, 1920.

In V872 for Gal/wan JOHN w. CALHOUN, or CHESTER, PENNSYLVANIA.

METER, coNuEcTIoN' AND CONTROLLING MEANS.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, J OHN CALHOUN, a citizen oi the United States, residing at Chester, in the county-of Delaware and -State-of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Meter Connections and Controlling Means; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of'the'invention,

such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit apperta-ins to make and use the placed about member 9 so as'to form a watersame.

This invention relates to meter connections and controlling means and more partlcularly to means for conn'ecting up water meters. V

1 One of the main objects of the invention is to providesimple and efiicient means'whereby a water meter'may bereadilyefconnected into' a water supply system without the'use of wrenches and similar tools. j I i i A further object is to provide means whereby the meter may be tightly secured in position so as'to insure water-tight joints, the means for securin'g the'meter in position also providing means whereby the meter may be sealed so as to 'efiectuallyprevent tampering therewith.

Another object is to provide control-means whereby the Water supply is automatically shut 01f simultaneously with the removal of the meter, and is renewed by the act of serectangular or L- shape.

curing the meter in position.

Further-ob ects will appear from the detailed description.

In the dra-wings:. 1

Figure 1 is a front view, partly in section, ofa meter controlling and'connecting means constructed in accordance with'my invention as applied.

Fig. 2 is a detail end view of one of the coupling members. j Fig. 3 is a vertical central section through one of the couplings and associated parts. In carryingmy invention into effect, I provide afmeter supporting framedesignated generallyby A, this frame being provided with a tubular base -1-of substantial A valve casing 2 is secured upon the upper end of the vertical arm '1 of base 1, this casing provided with an outlet nipple 3 the inner end of which is faced toprovide a valve seat for a swinging valve 4 pivoted in, the casing adjacent the top thereof, this-valve acting to close the outlet nipple '3 of the valve casing shape which receives the a nipple let nipples and the 21 which receivesa sealing wire being when the meter and the parts associated therewith are removed. "'Nipple'3 snuglyreceives a tubular member o'r'thimble 5 carried by a coupling member -6 of substantial U- nipple 7 projecting from the inlet end of the meter 'casingB. Coupling member 6-is providedwith a reduced central recess the outer end portion of which'is tapered toreceive a correspondingly shaped extension 9 of nipple 7, a's'uitable pa'ckingfgasketflObeing tight closure at the outerend of the nipple. A similar nipple 11, projects fromthe outlet end of the meter casing 8 and is coupled in a similar manner to a coupling member 12 and 13 carried thereby which. is connected at its outer end, by means of an elbow 14;, to the wateroutlet or distributing pipe 15. Nipple 13ifits snugly through the upper end of astandard 16 ment with nipple 3 offvalve casing 2. This insures properalining' of the inlet I and out-' parts associated therewith so as to effectually avoid alll unneces i 1 sary strain and leaky to-properly alin'e" these mem-' joints such as results from failure hers. g

Elbow 14 isprovided-with; an integral projection "17 whichyreceives the reducedend portion of a.

projecting from base 1] and is supported thereby so as to be in'alineinner end of a lockingand pressure screw 18 which isthreaded through the upper end of a bracket arm 19 projecting fromjthe other end of base 1, this screw being provided at.

its outer end witha secured thereon. Arm 19is provided adjacent its upper end'with a" suitable o ning 22 w ich' is passed through the hand wheel 20, the ends hand wheel 20 fixedly of this-wire being secured together by a seal vented. 'A water inlet or supply pipe 24 communicates with the tubular base 1 at'the endfthereof remote "from the vertical arm 1, the'water flowing throughthe} base and valve casing 2' andi 'ithevparts associated therewith to and through the meter, and

thence intothe supply or distributing pipe :15. In applying the meter, coupling mem her 6 ispl'aced in position in alinemen't with member 12 with its open portion up,lmem- By this means, after the meter-has been properly secured in position,unauthorized removal or tampering with themeteris pre- 18 being turned out so as to permit outward movement of coupling member 12 away from-member 6.- After this has been done, the nipples 7 and 11. are fitted into the coupling members .6 screw 18 is then turned in so as to force thimble into nipple 3 thus raising" or unseating valve 4 y to flow into and through the meter; lasket outer end'of n'ipple 3 and coupling member 6,-so that, when'theiscrew 18 is turned in through bracket arm -19,-a tight closure is obtained at the outelwendof nipple 3soas .to efiectually prevent leakage; at this oint. When-itis desired to remove the meter, pres- I sure-screw 18 is turned outwardl-ythe meter f --move t 20.

' 1 1 from the couplingmembers 6 and 12, being then readily fwa'ter fnom the supply 124 after the then'emoved toward-this screw so as to he thimble 5 outwardly and permit 1 being seating ofvalve d bylpressure. of the water valvecasirrg -may-be;shifted soas to releasenipples 7 and spectively, the meter liftedout of these coupling members. By this arrangement,the meterymay be'quickly and easily-installed or :removed, and the water supply is automatically;turned-1onor Also, by providin I the valve 41' I render it I difficult; -for' unauthorized persons to obtain met'er has been removed, since this valve 'is .-inelose d within the casing-,2 and is not v readilyaecessible'. V

-It 'w-illbeevident that'there maybe slight changes imade in the construction and arr variations, as fall rangement of the details of my invention without 'departin -from the field and scope ofthe same,land Y intend to include all within "the scope of the ,rappended' -cl-alms, in this application in I which va ipreferred form only of any 'invention isdisclosed. I r

Whatl'tzlaimZ'isz' 1 v- *1. Ina device of the character stated,

a support-ing frame -'inclu l.ing a tubular member adapted to" be connected atone end with a supply pipe, a valve-casing secured "on the other-end 'of said tubular member, a

swing valve, mounted in said casing for closing the' outlet thereof, a tubular mem- V berremovably: mounted 'in athe outlet end of ithewalvei casing and engaging said vvalve so as *tohold thesame away from-its seat, a

- rnipplezsupported "by said supporting frame in alinem'ent with"the outlet of the valve let nipples,means for coupling the nipples of :said meter-to Y the :nipple'carriedby the supporting frame,

Q rreleasably 5,2 In: a

'tical arm at and 12, respectively. The

soas to permit the water I lQgismounted about :nipple 5 between the supporting frame,

coupling member,

an elbow carried. by 2, 'after; 'which :the meter ed to pi-pe,,and a pressure screw carried bysaid supporting; frame and engaging 'said elbow V nipple tubular member-of the first mentioned coupling member into position to ,unseat the may be, at'such time.

such. casing snugly into eas-ing with nipples adapted to-iit into said coupling;members and' coactmg therewith to efi'ectwater-tightcouplings, an a elbow secured onthe outer end of the nipple carriedby said standard and adapted rt0 be 7 connected to the water distributing pipe, casing, "a meter provided with =inlet vand outthe r-tubular member and to means for securing the device 10f thecharacter stated,

a supporting frame including a tubular base adapted to be connected at one end to' a water-supply pipe and provided with a verits other end, a valve casing secured onthe upper end of said arm and provided with an outlet nipple, a 'downwardly' swinging valve mounted in saidcasing forclosingthe inner end of said nipple,

a coupling member provided with a tubular extension insertible intothe 'nipple i-ot the valvecasing and of'such length as to unseat the valve when inserted into'the nipple-to .its greatest extent, a standard carried .bythe a vcoupling member pro- I vided with a nipple mounted in said standard in alinement with the first mentioned said coupling members being adapted to receivethe-inlet-and outletnipples of a water-meter inserted therein,

the outer end 'of the nipple mounted in said standard-and a d-aptbe connected to a water distributing so as to force'the same toward the-outlet of the valve easmgvfordorcing the valve when thewater meteris placed in position with the nipplesthereofl mounted-in the coupling'members; Y

In a device of the" cha-r ai'zter stated,

-a combination with a supporting frame including a tubular base adaptedcto be connected at oneend witha water supply pipe and providedat the.- otherend witha vertisecuredonthe upper endof said arm-and provided withyan outlet a swinging valve mountedjin .saidcal arm, a valve casing nipple,

for closing the inner sendyof said nipple, a bracket arm, carried by "the base at the other end thereof, astand-ard carried by saidv base, .a-nippleg mounted intl e up per with the end of said standard in alinementi nipple of the valve casingand provided at xi-tsinner end with a substantially,U -shaped coupling member, 7 a similar coupling memberprovided' with l a tubular extension fitting the nipple of the valve casing andot such length as tonnseat-said valve, a meter provided at opposite -ends fof its snugly "annoUN. 

